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How Trader Joe’s founder uses ‘fresh’ and ‘local’ to sell recovered food

 By Kelly Killian on Jun. 16, 2015

Daily Table,the brainchild of Trader Joe’s founder Doug Rauch, is a not-for-profit, one-unit operation using excess food to bring affordable healthy produce to the food insecure.

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Syracuse Chef of the Year award goes to former college, hospital chef

 Jun. 16, 2015

Tom Kiernan spent much of his professional cooking career at institutions like colleges and hospitals. He's heard the jokes, especially about hospital food.

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Hospital launches healthy beverage initiative

By Bianca N. Herron on Jun. 16, 2015

San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center will no longer sell or provide any sugar-sweetened beverages on campus, but offer healthier drinks.

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Baby boomers seek new style of retirement community dining

Jun. 16, 2015

The generation isn’t looking to have three square meals in a main room, but instead, prefers a “country club approach,” enabling them to choose where to dine.

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Nutrition services department turns around deficit, ends year with $1M surplus

Jun. 15, 2015

Columbia Public Schools nutrition services department had recently been $1 million in the red, but is now ending the school year with more than $1 million in the black.

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Study shows challenge of getting right meal to right acute-care patient

By Bianca N. Herron on Jun. 15, 2015

The most common mistake is serving a meal that triggers a patient’s food allergy.

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Cameras work to deter theft at unmanned micromarts

By Amanda Baltazar on Jun. 15, 2015

How do operators run micromarkets while also avoiding theft?

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Dish breakage doesn't have to bust the equipment budget

By Lindsey Ramsey on Jun. 15, 2015

Switching to china provides many benefits, but only if broken dishes can be avoided.

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Philadelphia cafeteria workers fear for their jobs

Jun. 15, 2015

With the number of meals served annually declining, as well as revenue, the Daniel Boone School District has only received one bid from a food contractor for the upcoming school year—which isn’t guaranteeing the cafeteria staffs’ jobs.

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A new spin on waste reduction

By Katie Fanuko on Jun. 15, 2015

At last measure, food waste contributed 28 percent of the total 251 million tons of trash that ended up in landfills, the Environmental Protection Agency reports.

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